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Sarah Wurth

A List of 20 Free Tools for Teachers to Create Awesome Presentations and Slideshows ~ E... - 0 views

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presentation tools

shared by Sarah Wurth on 22 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Sarah Wurth on 22 Jul 13
     
    Some new ones on here I have never used!
Cindy Edwards

PDF Mergy - WebApp to merge PDF files - 0 views

pdfmerge.w69b.com

pdf

shared by Cindy Edwards on 08 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Cindy Edwards on 08 Jun 13
     
    Merge PDF files together with this easy tool
Cindy Edwards

Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom - 0 views

www.wtvi.com/...lassroom-audio-podcasting.html

audio

shared by Cindy Edwards on 28 May 13 - Cached
  • Education in the twenty-first century should focus on the development of authentic literacy skills for students.
  • . Podcasting is cheap
  • Audio podcasting encourages no-frills communication
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  • Podcasting invites a global audience
  • . Podcasting provides a window into the classroom
  • Podcasting is digital storytelling
  • Podcasting involves few privacy concerns
  • Podcasting can educate about copyright
  • Podcasting can be interactive
  • Podcasting can be creative
  • Podcasting can be fun!
  • Cindy Edwards on 28 May 13
     
    Great information and links to motivate educators to begin producing podcasts in their own classroom!
Cindy Edwards

Critical Issue: Technology Leadership - 0 views

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Leadership

shared by Cindy Edwards on 02 Jul 13 - Cached
  • ISSUE: Knowledgeable and effective school leaders are extremely important in determining whether technology use will improve learning for all students.
  • on leadership qualities of superintendents and principals, responses to change, and effective uses of technology as major themes associated with technology leadership.
  • This Critical Issue uses several definitions of leadership. In Leadership Without Easy Answers, Heifetz (1994) says leadership is a change or adaptive process "to address conflicts in the values people hold, or to diminish the gap between the values people stand for and the reality they face" (p. 22). In The Elements of Leadership, Noonan (2003) defines leadership as "developing potential and building community" (p. 3). In Developing the Leader Within You , Maxwell (2000) defines leadership as simply "influence."
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      Cindy Edwards on 02 Jul 13
       
      In the definitions of leadership given, it is intriguing to see, whether it is a long or short definition, the variety and different characteristics given to leadership.
  • "At a minimum, we can be sure they [school districts] want someone who can carry out a long list of specific duties. The new principal will be expected to arrange class schedules, resolve discipline problems, administer a labor contract, evaluate teachers, and apply the oil of public relations to points of friction with the community. And that's just in the morning." (Lashway, Mazzarella, & Grundy, 1995, p. 15)
  • Identifying and articulating an organizational vision. Fostering acceptance of group goals. Having high performance expectations. Providing appropriate models. Providing intellectual stimulation. Developing a strong school culture (Lashway, Mazzarella, & Grundy, 1995, pp. 60-62)
  • A strong sense of moral purpose. An understanding of the dynamics of change. An emotional intelligence as they build relationships. A commitment to developing and sharing new knowledge. A capacity for coherence making (enough coherence on the edge of chaos to still be creative). (Fullan, 2002, p. 15)
  • (1) the coordination and maintenance of the organization as a whole, and (2) the purpose and direction of the organization
  • Vision and moral purpose
  • Relationships
  • Complexity:
  • Change
  • School leaders at all levels must collaborate with staff members and school personnel to create a vision for the future and a process for change, ensuring that schools and school districts are viable and thriving learning communities for students, staff, and community members.
  • The role of leaders and managers is to " be-in-the-world with responsibility "
  • in planning and policy creation within longer time horizons
  • more frequently with external organizational constituencies
  • more network development and consensus-building activities
  • broader and more comprehensive cognitive map or frame of reference of an organization and its environment
  • Successful leaders recognize that each situation may require them to modify their style or even stretch their typical or preferred way of working with others to meet the needs of people and the requirements of the situation:
  • Given the multifaceted nature of leadership, it becomes clear that transformational as well as versatile leadership skills are necessary in making decisions.
  • Clue sense
  • Cue sense
  • Negotiating sense
  • Perhaps the most important asset of an organization is people and their capacity to learn.
  • A strategic plan provides a blueprint for achieving educational excellence.
  • The change should have a clearly articulated reason that has urgency and a possible solution
  • Any needs assessment should accurately convey the internal and external weaknesses, challenges, strengths, and opportunities
  • A vision needs to define the why of the change,
  • be communicated to stakeholders at all levels
  • understood clearly
  • meaningful
  • specific actions, clearly visualized.
  • Possible different skill requirements in jobs
  • These reasons include the following: (1) the need to prepare students to function in an information-based, Internet-using society; (2) the need to make students competent in using tools found in almost all work areas; and (3) the need to make education more effective and efficient.
  • technology keeps changing
  • rarely provide optimal conditions
  • Technology's impact on teachers and their practice should be considered as important as student effects, for students move on but teachers remain to influence many generations of students." (p. 1)
  • technology may be most effective when it is used in
Cindy Edwards

Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Learning - Hutchison - 2012 - The Reading Te... - 0 views

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ipad

shared by Cindy Edwards on 03 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • capabilities of a desktop or laptop computer, but with additional unique affordances, such as a multitouch screen and a seemingly endless variety of applications, that promote previously unseen possibilities for mobile learning.
  • digital, interactive books.
  • different affordances that create new modes of reading and writing
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  • digital texts can require different skills, strategies and dispositions, collectively referred to as new literacies
  • Yet, many literacy teachers still struggle to efficiently and effectively integrate and teach both traditional literacy skills and new literacy skills within a confined curriculum and with limited time (Hutchison & Reinking, 2011).
  • For example, the iPad has numerous downloadable books that allow students to read text with audio support, word-by-word tracking, and picture animation, with options for the reader to further interact by recording and replaying their own voice with the text. Other features of these books also include the ability to acquire the definition and pronunciation of any word on the screen by simply touching it and to add notes or highlighting to any section of text by tapping the screen.
  • making the reading experience more individualized, interactive, and engaging
  • it is imperative to examine how the tool can help teachers meet curricular goals to engage in what has been termed curricular integration as opposed to technological integration (Hutchison & Reinking, 2011).
  • one learning goal for her classroom was to focus on the reading comprehension strategy of visualization
  • selected a story from her basal reading series and then chose the pedagogical approach that would best teach the skill.
  • the researchers located an iPad app called Doodle Buddy that students could use to draw their illustrations
Cindy Edwards

Google Drive and Docs - Google Tools for Schools - 0 views

sites.google.com/...google-docs

google

shared by Cindy Edwards on 19 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Cindy Edwards on 19 Aug 13
     
    Good introductory information on Google Docs
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